Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)
Directed by Joseph Santley
Genres - Musical, Romance, Sports & Recreation |
Sub-Genres - Sports Drama |
Release Date - Mar 4, 1936 (USA - Unknown), Mar 4, 1936 (USA) |
Run Time - 70 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Singer-bandleader Phil Regan, Republic Pictures's answer to Dick Powell, stars in Laughing Irish Eyes. Regan plays Danny O'Keefe, a pugnacious County Cork blacksmith who rises to prizefighting fame in the U.S. Fight manager Pat Kelly (Walter C. Kelly) isn't above using his pretty daughter Peggy (Evelyn Knapp) to keep Danny happy, but things turn out OK when the boxer and the girl fall in love for keeps. The film is predicated on the notion that every true Irishman is a fighter or a singer at heart, a notion that worked just fine in 1936 but which might not go over quite as well in these more ethnically sensitive times. Serving as film editor on Laughing Irish Eyes was future cult-favorite director Joseph H. Lewis.
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America, blacksmith, boxing, conflict, daughter, Ireland, love, promoter, return, romance, songwriter, sports, traveling, winner
